This Friday night should be epic!

Black Bear hockey fever is alive and well, and tomorrow is the big day.

The Black Bears will be the No. 1 seed in the Allentown Regional and will face Penn State at 8:30 p.m, this Friday night, March 28 at the PPL Center.

The University of Maine men's hockey team will head into the 2025 NCAA Tournament as the No. 3 overall seed.

The winner of the Maine-Penn State game will face the winner of UConn-Quinnipiac matchup in the regional final at either 4:30/7:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 30.

The game will air live on ESPN 2, which gives you the option of watching at home of course, but if you really want to get into the spirit and be around other Black Bear fans, a few Downtown Bangor restaurants & bars, will be hosting watch parties so everyone can enjoy the fun.

Evenroods-25 Broad Street

Join them Friday night, as they stay open past their nomral business hours, for this very special occasion. While you are theere, you can enjoy half priced draft beer during the game! The also just happen to have an incredible food menu!

Hero's Sports Grill & Entertainment Center-41 Washington Street

$5 pints of Next Goal Wins and Let's Go Bears, $6 Maine Lemonade cocktails, and plenty of TV's!

 

 

Season's-427 Main Street

Season's has multiple TV's in every part of the restaurant, so you can sit at the bar, or in a booth, or table. Plus, the audio of the game will be cranked up all over the building, so you can really soak up the atmsophere of the action.

This is the 20th NCAA Tournament for the Black Bears. They have won two national titles, in 1993 and 1999, and have appeared in 11 Frozen Fours.

Go Blue!

Maine Black Bears Welcomed Back to Campus

The Maine Black Bears were met with a hero's welcome complete with police and fire truck escorts as they returned to Campus after winning the Hockey East Championship on Saturday afternoon, March 22nd.

Gallery Credit: Chris Popper

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